Working With Code....

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

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Hi all,

Please can you post what stuff you code and how you go about doing it. Looking to pick up some suggestions.

I only really do web stuff so and mainly use HTML.

I always try to code myself as much as possible rather then having an app do all the work for me. However, I;ll sometimes use Dreamweaver if I get stuck.
 
I develop for the web, all coded by hand. I've never used dreamweaver. The cool thing is that a pure CSS unique build site seems to get better rankings than generic stuff. Must be all those tables and useless markup on DW that bog down the rankings a little.

I know a lot of designers using dreamweaver and they seem to do OK ... if client is pleased then it's a job well done. And I can see that DW cuts down development time in design view.

By understanding the code though, it means I can go and do SEO on html, html/css, ASP, PHP, which brings in loads of business.
 
I code by hand when doing XHTML, CSS and PHP, I use an app called gPHPEdit on linux. Has syntax highlighting for various languages and is also tabbed so I can have several docs open at once.

For things like Java or C# you are best having a good IDE. Netbeans and Visual Studio respectively.
 
I don't do much HTMl and CSS but when I do i tend to get a working build then use firebug to sort out what i want then make the changes in files. ATM i am using Aptana for JS and PHP but at work I'm a C# / asp.net dev so I use VS which as IDEs go is awesome.
 
Depends what language I am doing really.

With C or Python/Ruby I only really use vim, and a few more terminals. Java I tend to use an IDE (IntelliJ at the moment).
 
Hi,

For Java I'd usually use NetBeans or Eclipse (with MyEclipse). I find NetBeans better at web-service stuff, MyEclipse easier to use for most other things. For HTML, SQL, Perl etc. I tend to use EditPlus or Crimson Editor.

Finally, for XML I'd use XMLSpy - can't beat it IMHO.

Jim
 
I use TextMate on Mac (check out e-text editor in windows), and I have a web server set up on my laptop. I use the php functions widget on my dashboard and transmit for FTP. I've used various different configurations in the past, but this always seems to work much better.
 
Notepad++ is nice on windows, much lighter than Eclipse, though obviously also for lighter (as in non-compiled) stuff.

As for coding... learn to produce structured documents in XHTML, then learn to link to CSS, then learn to input pieces into the XHTML by generating it piece by piece in PHP, then learn to do classes in PHP, then learn to do class hook-ups to SQL, and you've pretty much learnt web development.

Feel free to swap a standard system in (like joomla) and concentrate on learning one part as you like (though I'd avoid learning / doing PHP/MYSQL in conjunction with Joomla as its a bit complicated for a beginner).
 
WEB WISE - J2EE developer mostly (with XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, JS and the usual web layer stuff), however playing a bit with php and perl atm (it's cheap ok :p)

App wise, Swing mainly, but had a dabble in C/C++ & openGL.

Never touched visual basic / asp / .net at all yet...

UI used? Eclipse/Netbeans (I chop and change every now and then), notepad++ for most other stuff that is light (php, js etc).

Zen Garden = CSS heaven!
 
I develop on the web in various languages both personally and professionally. I write pretty much all my code by hand in Vim, and I use Subversion for source control, which is an awesome RCS.
 
Oh, I am developing C++ + OpenSG + SVG (+ XML) for one half time job, and XHTML + CSS + Javascript + PHP + image processing and Actinic for my other half time job.

Whew!

EDIT : C++ is on Ubuntu using gedit and autotools to build, svn source control, qt for ui, opensg for 3d distributed graphics, SVG sourced from Inkscape converted and processed to our core XML. Nice work but not great tools, and lots of hand coding. The other work (templating, website template design & management) is mostly done through notepad++, photoshop and my personal apache setup ^^.
 
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Squeak Smalltalk with Seaside framework, Monticello is the repository we use for all Smalltalk. Still maintain a site or two with PHP using Eclipse and SVN, though.

Smalltalk ftmfw :)
 
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